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| HOGAN REF- 1
To describe a certain level of ineptness (real or perceived), the phrase "You are as... or He is as... or It is as... or This is as... @#$%ed up as Hogan's Goat" is often used and has played a major role in our Navy as well as in our sister services. Just one of the methods of performing an "attitude adjustment" or venting off a little steam in those good old pre-PC days. |
| HOGAN REF- 2 On the older diesel boats of our Submarine Force there was a dark out-of-the-way place in the berthing area of the After-Battery compartment (port side) called "Hogan's Alley". |
| So why so much Hogan you ask? When/where did it all start? I dunno - but below are some links to some "Hogan sites". Feel free to e-mail me with any other references and theories on the origins of Hogan's Goat or Hogan's Alley. |
| Sid Harrison |
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(See R.F. Outcault & "The Yellow KId") |
| INFO.com Reference for The Yellow Kid |
| NYT Source: The Kid From Hogan's Alley By JOHN CANEMAKER |
| Hogan's Alley and The Yellow Kid |
| A campfire song titled Old
Hogan's Goat is found here:
http://dragon.sleepdeprived.ca/songbook/songbook_index.htm Click on "Other Silly Songs" |
| More Yellow Kid from Ohio State University |